STOU9

Site Wesleyan Methodist Church, Parkes Passage, Stourport DY13 9EA

Latitude 52.339946

Longitude -2.279007

Date erected 24th July 1922

Wooden Plaque

Names of Fallen

Surname	Forename	Rank	Number	Regiment	Date of Death	Age	Country	Notes Place of Death or Remembrance	Ref
Bentley	William	Private	32981	8th Lincolnshire	24 Apr 1917		France	Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension Grave II D 36 Died of Wounds	STOU9
Griffiths	William	Private	24851	9th Worcestershire	27 Jan 1917		Iraq	Amara War Cemetery Grave XXIV A 31 Died of Wounds	STOU9
Powell	Francis Charles	Private	2067	7th Worcestershire	19 July 1916		France	Pozieres British Cemetery Grave IV F 10 Killed in Action	STOU9
Pritchard	Arthur Thomas	Private	74322	100th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corp	11 Aug 1916	19	England	Died of Wounds Military Hospital Bournemouth Buried Wilden Brother of Ernest Pritchard	STOU9
Pritchard	Bernard Wesley	Private	30627	1st Worcestershire	8 Sept 1916	19	France	Killed accidently kicking bomb Vermelles British Cemetery Grave V B 13	STOU9
Pritchard	Ernest Edward	Corporal	15733	10th Worcestershire	30 July 1916	23	France	Killed in Action Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 5A and 6C Brother of Arthur Pritchard	STOU9
Wood	William Henry	Private	27813	2nd Worcestershire	24 Aug 1916		France	Killed in Action Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 5A and 6C	STOU9

The History of Stourport Ancient Order of Foresters War Memorial

In the Wesleyan Methodist Church

The Ancient Order of the Foresters War Memorial is in the stairwell of Stourport Wesleyan Methodist Church.  It is a carved Mahogany wooden plaque with gold lettering and includes Ancient Order of Foresters emblem, which includes Stour Valley Court 4362.  It was made by Mr. E. H. Jones and unveiled by local dignitaries and clergy on 24^th July 1922 in the Swan Hotel in High Street Stourport, where the Foresters used to met.  Date it was moved to the Wesleyan Methodist Church unknown.

Inscription

AOF

IN HONOURS CAUSE THEIR DUTY DONE

This tablet was placed here by the

 Member of the Court in grateful memory 

of the following bretheren who 

gave their lives in the Great War

1914 – 1918

The Memorial has seven names.

Sources

Rememberthefallen.co.uk   IWM

Compilers Names  Valerie Hodgson and Beryl Buckley   Photos by Valerie Hodgson  Date 7 Nov 2018